Childhood memories of dinnertime hold a special place in my heart. What used to be a daily experience of family unity and sharing is unfortunately now reserved for holidays and an occasional Sunday or birthday gathering. Rather than each family member drifting into his or her own individual world as their life grew busier, we always had the interaction during mealtime to strengthen our family bonds and enrich the daily experience of community life. My mother would create a meal consisting of either a pasta, or meat and potato type meal for our family of six. Our evening meal always included a salad, plenty of vegetables, and a basic dessert like brownies, pie, or ice cream. There was never an official dinner time since my dad’s schedule varied. Therefore,…
In The Original Jesus, author Tom Wright examines Jesus in the historical perspective. He attempts to take you back to Jesus's own time in order for the reader to recognize the message Christ was actually proclaiming and to interpret it and the Gospels in the context of those times.…
Be familiar with the following content from The Preface, Introduction, Appendix, & Chapters 1–5 of “Think Like Jesus: Understanding the Mind of Christ” by Dr. Gutierrez…
From the beginning of Paul’s letter to the Romans is not only a letter to the Gentile church in Rome, but also a great introduction to the Gospel for anyone, believer or non-believer to get a starting point from which to form a world view. Paul is clear from Romans 1:3-5 states that Jesus is the Christ, the Messiah, and the Son of God. Within the first chapter of Romans, Paul is clear in that God’s wrath is on the whole earth, believer and non-believer. Romans 1:20 states that God’s invisible attributes, eternal power and divine nature can be seen in the created world. Meaning that those people, whom have never heard of the Gospel of Christ, can still understand God, and have a relationship with him. Paul goes on into Romans chapter three about human nature in the sinful state that he has fallen into, Romans 3:23 states that all sinned and will fall short of the Glory of God. Paul follows this with Romans 6:23 that states the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life with Christ Jesus out Lord. Those two verses sum up not only Paul’s view that the world is full of sinners, but that the cost of that sin is death and eternal life away from God. If we, like Paul states have a sinful nature, than we can do nothing but sin. Christ came to pay the cost of that sin, and Paul states that in Romans 5:8, that God demonstrated his love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Paul also shares with us the way to salvation is through Christ Jesus alone. In Roman s 10:9 we find the way to be saved, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Paul, in four short small verses, has not only laid out that the world is sinful, the cost for that sin is death, but has also told us how to find salvation from the death, in the person of Jesus Christ. Romans 10:13 sums up salvation nicely, those who call in…
The Case For Christ by Lee Strobel is a book about an agnostic who turns into a Christian through proof that Christ is genuine. Lee Strobel, He’s a journalist, who was once an agnostic and wrote numerous effective books.In this book he discusses how he attempted to see whether Christ truly existed. Lee Strobel makes extraordinary pionts, however, do they truly demonstrate anything?…
Jesus Christ is the only begotten son of God. He was born c.5b.c in Bethlehem, Judea. Jesus Christ was born to his mother the virgin Mary, who was engaged to be married to a carpenter named Joseph. Jesus Christ was conceived by the holy spirit other known as immaculate conception. Jesus Christ was a carpenter, a healer, a prophet, but is best known as the son of God. Jesus Christ was born to save his people. Jesus Christ changed the world in thirty years. He walked the land teaching people about his father “God”. He performed miracles such as turning water into wine, and raising Lazarus from the grave. Jesus Christ died in c.30 a.d. he was crucified and nailed on a cross in a place called Calvary. Jesus had a criminal trial before being put to death. He was charged with perverting the nation, forbidding to pay taxes to Cesar, and saying that he himself was Christ the king. Jesus lived sinless, but because he loved us he died for our sins. According to the bible Jesus Christ rose from the dead three days after his death which was Easter morning. The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ made it possible for man to be reconciled with God, forgiven, saved, healing to the nations and his ministry brought the dead back to life. also if you believe and trust in your heart , receiving Jesus Christ as your Savior, declaring “Jesus Lord”, you will be saved from judgment and spend eternity with God in…
According to Viramontes, the unique challenges by Latina females is caused greatly by their ethnic background. Often women are oppressed by society, but when the issue is of color these challenges are harder to avoid. This does not only occur in this novel, but exists today in the real world. Many Latina females are often discriminated and harassed by societal influences, which makes them feel forced into specific roles. As seen in Under the Feet of Jesus, Estrella is a victim of these ongoing challenges, for being part of a low socioeconomic status, lack of education, and not being a legal U.S. citizen.…
The problem with society nowadays is that some look at the Bible and Jesus as a mythological story or period where his story is considered a legend other than factual and historical accurate. When Jesus is explained as a real man who dealt with real temptation, and still didn't sin, is quite amazing. We can look right at the beginning of his birth to see the humanity that he was apart of. From being born in a manger under a cliff side, all up to taking a serious beating and hung up on the cross to die, we see that Jesus suffered real trials and tribulations. When Jesus is in the wilderness for 40 days and is tempted by the devil, we then get an understanding that he suffered the same things we do everyday. Some examples of his humanity that we see in the Bible are emotions and feelings toward people. Mark 14:33 says, “He took Peter, James and John along with him, and he began to be deeply distressed and troubled”. We also see that authors in the Bible declare his humanity. The Apostle John says in John 1:14, “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory,the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth”. When Jesus was going to raise Lazarus from the grave, he even weeped at the sight of the family in grief. These are some basic examples of his humanity, but to understand the true character of Jesus, we need to look at what sets him apart from every other man, every other religion. The diety of Jesus Christ.…
Throughout my readings of Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography by John Crossan, I went in with somewhat low expectations. My reason for this was that the topic of religion, christianity especially was something I did not have too much care for. After finishing the book however, it did enlighten some questions I had on the religion. One answer that came into light when I read the book was concerning the gospels and testaments. I wonder why was there a need to have so many different variants, with minor differences in between them. As I went through the book, it becomes a bit more clear to me, as combining the different perspectives of Christianity will allow for a great combined experience. The second thing that was a bit more clear was on the topic of other great Christian tales such as the tale with Moses and how it relates to Jesus.…
It was important for God to reveal himself through covenant because it gives the people a chance to make decisions and to work towards something. He promises us eternal life if we keep his commandments. There are covenants throughout the whole bible.…
This extends in many directions: political, economic, and cultural, but also to the realms of the self, the family, and the church. The Christian worldview holds the Word—the Word made flesh—as revealed in the Holy Scriptures as the “sole authority for faith and practice.” Therefore, the Christian worldview ceases to be Christian if Jesus is not the final authority with regard to ethics and worldview. We can glimpse how God sees the world by studying how Jesus taught and lived. In relation to the “external, legal, ceremonial conformity to the law” which characterized Jewish righteousness in his day, Jesus’ righteousness was “internal, spontaneous, [and] never in adherence to a fixed set of rules for behavior.” This is not to say Jesus’ ethical teachings were relativistic but rather pointed toward the “righteousness of God” and not the customs of the culture. This leads the Christian to the third person of the trinity; it is the Spirit which allows the individual of faith to develop his or her moral character. Henlee Barnette declares, “To be guided by the Spirit . . . is to be led into a knowledge of the will of God as revealed in Christ.” Love is the basic ethical principle of the Christian worldview;…
We all have a worldview, a set of lenses used to view all of life and reality. Our individual worldview will influence all personal decisions and will help decide the direction traveled through our life. The role of faith and religious beliefs will affect the development of a personal worldview. A Christian worldview view is based on the belief that God exists (Heb. 11:6) and that God is the ruler by which all things are measured. A foundational belief that God created all things (Gen. 1:11), and he holds all of creation together (Col. 1:17). A Christian worldview will also believe that the Bible is God’s divinely inspired word (2 Tim. 3:16). A belief that God became flesh and lived among us in the body of Jesus Christ (Col. 1:19), and that death and sin entered the world when mankind chose to rebel against God’s word (Rom. 5:12-14). A continuing faith in the belief that the only way to eternal life and being reunited with God is in believing in (John 3:15-19) and obeying (Luke 8:21, John 3:20) Jesus Christ.…
In today's culture the Christian gospel is perceived as being of the good news of Gods grace and mercy that he had bestowed over our lives. It relays a message that God died from our sins they we may be saved and dwell in the house of The Lord.…
Accepting Jesus was by far the biggest decision I have had to make. Welcoming him into my life changed me in so many ways, for example, I had finally found myself in this huge world that was filled with nothing but sin and destruction. Basically, I was a self-destructing time bomb, but Jesus stepped in right on time for me. When Jesus started taking control of my life I was in the, "rebirth," stage of my life. The rebirth stage tore me all the way down I was nothing at that stage I was like a newborn baby all over again just in a spiritual state. Coming from a broken background, I was breaking myself down by lying, cheating, just doing everything possible that I knew I could get away with. That phase gave me consequences that I was not use…
You may have seen many, many images of what Jesus Christ looks like. Youve seen pictures hanging in churches, in artwork, magazines etc. that attempt to depict His life. Maybe you have a portrait of Jesus in your own home or office? The images of Jesus we so often see are the typical sad looking tall slim effeminate white man with long brown hair. Is it a true or just imagination ? We cant really answer this question as everyone think of Jesus differently. Every country has different image of Jesus so we cant say that a certain image of Jesus is wrong or right because we dont know which one is correct, or maybe none of them shows the real Jesus.…